摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an improved head set capable of collecting, storing and analyzing physiological information, and an ear pad.SOLUTION: A monitoring device configured so as to be put on an ear of a person includes a base 50, an ear pad housing 16 configured so as to be arranged inside an ear of a subject to extend outward from the base 50, and a cover 18 surrounding the ear pad housing 16. The base 50 includes a speaker 22, a light emitter 24, and a photodetector 26. The cover 18 includes the light emitter 24, the photodetector 26 and a light transmitting material for performing light transmission, sends light from the light emitter 24 to an external auditory canal C of the subject wearing the device at one or more prescribed positions, collects light outside the ear pad housing 16, and functions as a light guide which sends the collected light to the photodetector 26. |